Aug 3, 2003- long, long longs hike. 15 miles with the crowds. next time i'll do the north face during the winter. still a pleasant route

June 29, 2008- up the interesting north face(cables). enjoyable alpine challenge, can't wait to try this baby in winter!

Mar 14, 2009- winter summit via the trough with jamie and layne. bluebird dry with great, compacted snow in the trough from top to bottom. #30/100 and the finish of the front range 14ers in calendar winter!

June 20, 2009- climbed the notch couloir with dominic. broadway wasn't that bad and views were first rate behind us in the couloir!

Mar 2, 2013- another winter summit, this time via the keyhole with emily. magical climbing on the west face, narrows and homestretch. what a day!

June 26, 2014- kieners with steve, more snow/ice than expected led to more rope pitches. super long longs day. the diamond step is fantastic!

Left trailhead at 3:10 a.m. in a foreboding misting rain. Sky had cleared by the time we reached the Boulderfield. Homestretch was pretty wet in a few places, but only complicated things minimally. Summitted at 9:25. Back to car at 2:45 p.m.

Started up with my buddy Kevin at 2:50AM with bright stars and lots of people. Headlamps all the way to the Boulder Field and then a beauitful sunrise at the Keyhole. On up the "Bull's-eye" route with groups of others, summited at 8:05. Took in the spectacular views all-around, signed the summit log, and headed back down at 9:05. Back to the trailhead at 1:55PM, my 16th 14'er, what a great day on this great mountain with perfect weather. Sweet!!

Route Climbed: Keiners with descent of North Face Date Climbed: July 28, 2005 (all of it)

A splendid, marathon climb with pksander and Chris Gerber. Lambs Slide was rock-hard snow and quite dangerous. Broadway was quite mellow and spectacular. The technical pitches were pretty easy once you got the route right. For various reasons, the route took a lot longer than expected, and we summitted at 4:30 pm. Descent via the North Face was tortuous and annoying. At four hours, I have trouble believing that it's the shortest way down! A three-hour death march under spectacular stars got us to the car at midnight. Long but affirming trip.

My 18 year old daughter asked to climb Long's Peak for her High School graduation gift. I was more than happy to oblige! This was an great experience as father and daughter summitted this mountain at 8:20 a.m. The view was incredible, the experience fulfilling, but climbing with my daughter was the best part of all. This is probably just the beginning as we are already talking and dreaming of other conquests!

Did this with Peter (pksander) and CharlesD yesterday. This was quite a long day, but super fun and with great company. It's been 11 years (almost to the day) since I did Kieners the first time, and it was just as cool as I remembered it.

Pictures are posted here, if anyone is curious about route conditions:

One of my first few 14ers, but the most intense thus far. It was my introduction to exposure and, although it wasn't exactly difficult, it was definitely mentally trying. Loved it...but what's not to love?

A very appropriately named peak (whether intentional or not). Very long. But very amazing as well. Incredible views of Rocky Mountain NP. We didn't think we'd have a chance with the weather forecast, but turned out to be pretty decent.

The Ledges and the Narrows are completely dry. The first 2/3rds of the Trough is free of snow and ice, but there are some damp spots. About 2/3rds of the way up the Trough is a large slab of ice and snow. The slab can be avoided completely and safely by keeping to the left. I saw a few small patches of snow on the Homestretch Some of the chutes were wet, but I saw nothing dangerous. The weather was beautiful, and there had to be at least 100 people who made it.

Longs Peak was so spectacular that I will likely return here sometime. It was a very difficult climb because I was dealing with fatigue due to the altitude, yet at the same time I had to be careful that I did not fall in the scrambling areas such as the Trough or the Narrows. I saw a marmot in the narrows and got a close-up photo of it!

Started as a hike to Chasm, weather held, so I summited. Great day. The Narrows provides a nice intro to exposure for those seeking to up the ante.
Feb. 12, 2006: summit via Keyhole. Fun intro to using my new crampons! Perfect weather.